Effects of Social Activities outside the Home on Life Satisfaction among Elderly People Living Alone

Jun Nakahara

International Journal of Psychological Studies, 2013, vol. 5, issue 1, 112

Abstract: This study aims to test the following two hypotheses. First, the life satisfaction of the elderly is not directlyaffected by their resident status. Second, guided by activity theory and symbolic interaction theory, socialactivities outside the home (paid work, unpaid work, and hobby/leaning activity) have a greater effect on lifesatisfaction for elderly people living alone than those living with family members. Participants were 1,774elderly people who had participated in courses for the elderly to learn various topics, with a final study samplesize of 1,539 after flawed survey sheets were removed. T-test findings showed that resident status did not directlyinfluence life satisfaction. A multi-group structural equation model analysis verified that unpaid work has agreater effect on the life satisfaction of the elderly living alone than the one of elderly living alone. These resultssuggest that unpaid work acts as a buffer effect to decreased life satisfaction.

Date: 2013
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